"Dear Ubuntu, for the last couple years life has been good. Every time I've shown you to a friend or family member, they've compared you to what they're familiar with--Windows XP or Vista, mostly--and by comparison you've looked brilliant. Yeah, your ugly brown color scheme was a bit off-putting at first, but once people saw how secure, simple, and reliable you were, the response was almost universally positive. But recently, things have changed ..."

Sure the os debates are meaningless. But on the other hand, sometimes they're just too entertaining the pass by. IN the end, I think we should concentrate on open data formats, and thus render the choice of os a lot less meaningful than the choice of an interoperable way to send and receive all information.